In this tutorial we will see how to add a "Force Quit" icon to the Unity launcher of Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 that allows to force kill any unresponsive application or window. After clicking this icon in your launcher, click any window to force close it. To make the installation simple, I have created the .desktop file and uploaded it to my Dropbox account.

Getting Started

Open the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following commands to download and add the "Force Quit" .desktop file to your system: